Title:
Life's greatest secret : the race to crack the genetic code / Matthew Cobb.
Author:
Cobb, Matthew, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, 2015.
©2015
Call Number:
QH447 .C62 2015
Abstract:
The story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule to give rise to the life that exists all around us.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015937254-b.htmlPublisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015937254-d.html
Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015937254-t.html
ISBN:
9780465062676
Physical Description:
xiv, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
"First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Profile Books Ltd"--Title-page verso.
Contents:
Genes before DNA -- Information is everywhere -- The transformation of genes -- A slow revolution -- The age of control -- The double helix -- Genetic information -- The central dogma -- Enzyme cybernetics -- Enter the outsides -- The race -- Update -- Surprises and sequences -- The central dogma revisited -- Brave new world -- Origins and meanings.
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